Clinical relevance of a degree of extracapsular extension in a sentinel lymph node in breast cancer patients: a single-centre study

Abstract In some breast cancer (BC) patients, an examination of lymph nodes dissected during sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) demonstrates a presence of metastatic lesions and extracapsular extension (ECE) in a SLN. This study aimed to evaluate clinical relevance of ECE in BC patients. This is a re...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Nowikiewicz, Andrzej Kurylcio, Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek, Maria Szymankiewicz, Magdalena Nowikiewicz, Wojciech Zegarski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88351-z